The Best Cows for Milk on the Homestead [Top 7 Dairy Breeds!]

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Are you trying to find the best cow for milk - or the best dairy cow breed for your homestead? If so, then finding the perfect cow breed is trickier than it seems!
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Each milking cow breed has unique strengths and weaknesses that might play in your favor - or work against you, depending upon your homestead, your resources, your needs, and your land!
So, let us go over our top picks for the best dairy cows for your homestead’s milk supply.
The cow breeds that we have named as our top picks are perfect for homesteaders! Some require prior cow handling experience. Others do not - and are easy to handle.
We’ll also discuss the most critical cow breed nuances in further detail - so you choose the best dairy cow breed for your situation.

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@petewerner1494 Жыл бұрын

For a homesteader like myself, I have a Jersey, I found that a Holstein will eat you out of house and home. Also Jersey have A2 milk where Holstein has A1. Big difference in milk quality.

@MistressOP Жыл бұрын

Guernsey underrated

@petewerner1494 Жыл бұрын

@@MistressOP I don't know why they are,, they're a great breed in my opinion.

@MistressOP Жыл бұрын

@@petewerner1494 I really want to get into pineywoods cattle but no one can tell me if it's A2 :( but they are basically like goats except they are cattle. They are around 800-900 pounds.

@petewerner1494 Жыл бұрын

@@MistressOP As far as I know, If you have a sample of the cow's hair from the top of her tail and send it to a dairy lab. they can tell you if it's A2 Hope that helps,

@MistressOP Жыл бұрын

@@petewerner1494 ty, I don't own em piny there's only like 2000 in the country. So, I've been kinda asking everyone in general lol.

@GermanShepherd1983 5 ай бұрын

We homestead with four Jersey girls. Excellent cows.

@hunterreed1010 Жыл бұрын

Dexters are sooooo great.

@quin3578 Жыл бұрын

All I heard was "Friendly and Docile" and "Great for Cheese and delicious milk". All of them are great, just different flavors haha

@naitorefridom665 2 жыл бұрын

Waaauu thats so good

@victorcampos1889 Жыл бұрын

Do you have information about mountbeliard cows???

@outdoorhappens Жыл бұрын

Hey there Victor! Unfortunately, I do not! Maybe we'll write an article on them one day :)

@annaoslo8650 Ай бұрын

Is it true that the baby calf is taken away from the mother right after she gives birth, in order to take her milk?

@marlenevideos8666 11 ай бұрын

What about the white cows, originating from France to America in the 1800's. They are good for meat & milk. The Charlimae or something like that. Sorry my spelling is incorrect.

@RoyalC450 5 ай бұрын

They're cool but more aggressive.

@poolmotorrepairguyFL 9 ай бұрын

jerseys with their 40-60%. I milked them and it was amazing. How much fat was in that milk the girls were easy to take care of but the Bulls like nobody and they could be mean like other boy cattle to me girls their number one.!!!

@gretaferebee3179 Жыл бұрын

Only know about goats, which are an incredibly efficient choice for a dairy animal. Goats can survive and thrive with much less of an investment into feed and prime land. I kept and milked the Nubians which gives a larger amount of milk, and the milk is also richer. Many choices in the world of the goats. The word capricious comes from tge goat, goat is Caprine. Very playful and gentle animals. Good for tge smaller homestead.

@outdoorhappens Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment! We're working on a dairy goats video right now - keep an eye out for it:D

@indiedavecomix3882 10 ай бұрын

Goats are also good if you are lactose intolerant!

@Userqiehdn 5 ай бұрын

@@indiedavecomix3882 Goat Milk has as much lactose as Cow Milk, if you can tolerate Cow Milk but not Goat Milk you're not lactose intolerant.

@indiedavecomix3882 5 ай бұрын

@@Userqiehdn I get rumbly tummy with cow milk, but I have never had a problem with goat milk. 🤷‍♀

@Userqiehdn 5 ай бұрын

@@indiedavecomix3882 Then it's not the lactose you have a problem with, people who are really lactose intolerant can't tolerate goat milk either.

@qazifahad4245 10 ай бұрын

Add Fleckvieh next time as dual purpose breed

@twesigyebrayden Ай бұрын

I will have a large scale so ya

@morrisonmagoxo2813 Жыл бұрын

I need culfs how much each

@danielboggan2479 Жыл бұрын

That’s going to vary wildly based on your location. If you’re looking for a less common breed you’ll probably spend more money going to get the calf than the calf cost.

@outdoorhappens Жыл бұрын

Agree! We recently purchased two Brangus calves, 12 months old, at AUD $1000 each. Our lowline heifers cost us AUD $1600 and AUD $2250 each. We've seen bottle calves for AUD $50 each and Brahman calves for around AUD $500. Then, we purchased a steer ready for processing for AUD $1000. It varies on where you are, the breed, the quality of breeding, and so many other things.

@BookieLukie21 Жыл бұрын

Is that Chris Cuomo narrating?

@algonquin7187 Жыл бұрын

lol that guy

@samshambles391 Жыл бұрын

It's holSTEEN. Not holSTINE.

@outdoorhappens Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sam, it sure is!

@samshambles391 Жыл бұрын

@@outdoorhappens You're welcome.

@kathleensanderson3082 Жыл бұрын

It's also Ayrshire, not Airsure! And Milking Shorthorn, not Shore Thorn! Should have included Milking Devons, too.

@ravarga4631 Жыл бұрын

Computer voice? Stein is pronounced stine by german speakers but the breed known in english as hoosteen. Not sure how the danes and germans pronounce the name or the dutch either (eyether). The breed is common to all 3 countries. Also known as friesien. Also comes in red and white. Pardon me, i cant sleep so instead of pills i use youtube.

@samshambles391 Жыл бұрын

@@ravarga4631 I agree about the German pronunciation. In fact, it's a German breed, so it probably should be pronounced Steen everywhere. But the pronunciation has been anglicized in English speaking countries. So by that logic it should be pronounced Steen in an English language video. But take that with a grain of salt. I'm no expert, just another insomniac.

@cedricgates9976 10 ай бұрын

listening hin to miss pronounce is enough to make me not watch

@Userqiehdn 5 ай бұрын

It's an AI Voice

@douglasmacarthur8775 Жыл бұрын

Everytime I see a picture of dairy cows with horns I ask......"WHY" Dangerous to humans and other cows.

@BK-bg6pl Жыл бұрын

they are born that way. Most cows were and then bred to not have them.

@douglasmacarthur8775 Жыл бұрын

@@BK-bg6pl ..most dairy breeds are still "born that way" The FARMER gets rid of the horns by dehorning. I am 77 years old and my dad never allowed the horns to grow on cattle. Neither did my neighbors.

@BK-bg6pl Жыл бұрын

@@douglasmacarthur8775 yes the fact that you had to remove the horns tells you if you didn't, they'd have horns unless they were bred to be polled. Dehorning means they had horns to get rid of. I'm 68 and we have had mostly angus cattle which are polled and one Hereford bull that had horns. (others were angus)

@douglasmacarthur8775 Жыл бұрын

@@BK-bg6pl ....the reason I ask "why", is why does the farmer who owns those (2) Brown Swiss cows tolerate those dangerous horns instead of dehorning.

@BK-bg6pl Жыл бұрын

@@douglasmacarthur8775 swiss browns horns don't grow very long, dehorning is a pain if you have a large herd, or they aren't the friendliest. Black Angus are great but not supper human friendly.